5 hours ago, FudgeRounds said:

A little disappointing that they’re only putting 30 units on 9 acres. 

 

Not just disappointing, but should be illegal. Affordable housing should not get a pass in gobbling up large tracts of land for very low-density projects. 

Edited June 12, 20241 yr by jonoh81

At least they're 3BRs. The market doesn't supply nearly enough of those anymore and when they do it's expensive.

Homeport awarded tax credits to build single-family homes in Columbus

 

Homeport will build 24 single-family homes in Columbus' American Addition neighborhood in Linden.

 

The affordable housing developer was awarded a $1.2 million tax credit from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to help build the homes. The single family tax credit program started this year.

 

"This tax credit is an important piece of the puzzle," said Aaron Wasserman, vice president of real estate development for Homeport.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/06/27/homeport-single-family.html

 

16 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

Homeport awarded tax credits to build single-family homes in Columbus

 

Homeport will build 24 single-family homes in Columbus' American Addition neighborhood in Linden.

 

The affordable housing developer was awarded a $1.2 million tax credit from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to help build the homes. The single family tax credit program started this year.

 

"This tax credit is an important piece of the puzzle," said Aaron Wasserman, vice president of real estate development for Homeport.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/06/27/homeport-single-family.html

 

Are they truly affordable though? That is, are they built to last?

48 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

Are they truly affordable though? That is, are they built to last?

Highly unlikely. Very few homes going up nowadays are built to last. “Affordable” homes definitely aren’t built to last. It’s quite sad. I live in a very simple 160 year old house, but the quality of construction is far better than the average new build today that sells for $500k+. 

1 hour ago, cbussoccer said:

Highly unlikely. Very few homes going up nowadays are built to last. “Affordable” homes definitely aren’t built to last. It’s quite sad. I live in a very simple 160 year old house, but the quality of construction is far better than the average new build today that sells for $500k+. 

That's what I tell people. Affordable housing is a farce. Its actually a disservice. You're putting people in homes they can barely afford that they can't maintain. It's like giving someone a beat up for escape. Yes, its cheap. But the repairs they're not accounting for are in the thousands. Your car is unreliable and may cause you to miss that big interview, or that all important (and only offered so many times a year) licensure exam. Cut corners now and delay maintenance, and you'll pay 10x what it would've cost you the first time to do it right. It's $300 to get an outlet replaced - just image how much a roof, siding, water damage, flooring, etc is. Plus most consumers can't get wholesale pricing or utilize economies of scale to decrease the cost of labor...

On 3/27/2023 at 8:56 AM, aderwent said:

 

Columbus' $100M Rumpke recycling facility largest in North America

 

"Rumpke's new $100 million recycling center in Columbus is now open and the company wants the public to come inside.

 

The new facility, at 1190 Joyce Ave., has been operational for about eight weeks, but will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 6.

 

This facility was built with education in mind, including an elevated tour platform so that the public can see the procession floor.

 

There also is a third-floor education center developed in collaboration with COSI, where students fifth grade and older can learn about the recycling process, the facility and how to make good recycling choices. A research center was created in partnership with Ohio State's sustainability institute.

 

Rumpke broke ground on what was then a $90 million facility in February 2023. The building is about 226,000 square feet and processes about 250,000 tons annually from 50 Ohio counties."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/07/31/rumpke.html

 

 

 

 

Columbus' first 3D-printed house rising in Linden

 

"A 3D-printed home is rising in Linden.

 

Makinde Enterprises, which is owned by local contractor Mayo Makinde, is printing the house on East 26th Avenue. The one-story house is being built on what was a vacant lot next to a vacant home.

 

Makinde is using equipment from Spain, from a company called Be More 3D, and has spent about three hours printing the walls of the house so far. In another 13, it should be complete.

 

Four people are needed to run the printing machine, Makinde said, which spans the entire site. The machine is printing exterior walls and interior walls."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/07/29/3d-printed-house-columbus-linden.html

 

 

 

 

Columbus developer Brad DeHays buys Westerville Road site, plans modular apartments

 

"Columbus developer Brad DeHays has plans for the nearly 2 acres of vacant land he purchased at the corner of Innis and Westerville roads.

 

The developer plans to build a modular apartment project with about 70 apartments at the site, located at 3377 Westerville Road.

 

The site is across Innis Road from DeHays' Connect Housing Blocks facility, which opened last year.

 

DeHays has been planning an apartment project in a joint venture with nonprofit Alvis on the same site as the facility and will build a second apartment building at the site across the street.

 

The apartments across the street could be built in a joint venture with a different nonprofit, DeHays told me. That project is still in the planning stages and could break ground at the end of 2025.

 

Building with modular units reduces the time it takes to construct a new apartment complex by about 60%, DeHays said. With a late 2025 start, this project would wrap up in early 2026."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/08/29/innis-road.html

 

Columbus developer Brad DeHays buys Westerville Road site, plans modular apartments

 

Columbus developer Brad DeHays has plans for the nearly 2 acres of vacant land he purchased at the corner of Innis and Westerville roads.

 

The developer plans to build a modular apartment project with about 70 apartments at the site, located at 3377 Westerville Road.

 

The site is across Innis Road from DeHays' Connect Housing Blocks facility, which opened last year.

 

The developer bought the site for $625,000, according to the Franklin County Auditor's website.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/08/29/innis-road.html

Mexican Grocery Store Chain Adds Location in North Linden

 

Toro Supermarket has kept busy this year with the addition of three new locations around Central Ohio. 

 

Toro Supermarket, a Mexican grocery store founded by Fernando Alcauter, opened at 1225 Oakland Park Ave. on Sept. 15. This is Alcauter’s fourth market. He opened his first, Toro Meat Market, in 2022 at 1405 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. 

 

Toro’s second location opened in April at 704 Parsons Ave., followed by a third location in May, Toro Market & Tacos, at 5476 Westerville Rd. An additional expansion is expected to take place in 2025.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/mexican-grocery-store-chain-adds-location-in-north-linden-ak1/

 

15 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Mexican Grocery Store Chain Adds Location in North Linden

 

Toro Supermarket has kept busy this year with the addition of three new locations around Central Ohio. 

 

Toro Supermarket, a Mexican grocery store founded by Fernando Alcauter, opened at 1225 Oakland Park Ave. on Sept. 15. This is Alcauter’s fourth market. He opened his first, Toro Meat Market, in 2022 at 1405 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. 

 

Toro’s second location opened in April at 704 Parsons Ave., followed by a third location in May, Toro Market & Tacos, at 5476 Westerville Rd. An additional expansion is expected to take place in 2025.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/mexican-grocery-store-chain-adds-location-in-north-linden-ak1/

 

I hope everyone living in Columbus appreciates how spoiled we are in this city when it comes to grocery stores. I have never been anywhere else with as much variety of quality grocery store options. Even my boss who now lives in Chicago still raves to me about how much better the grocery options are here in Columbus.

On 9/25/2024 at 12:46 PM, TIm said:

I hope everyone living in Columbus appreciates how spoiled we are in this city when it comes to grocery stores. I have never been anywhere else with as much variety of quality grocery store options. Even my boss who now lives in Chicago still raves to me about how much better the grocery options are here in Columbus.

 

We're very fortunate to have many operators like Toro, Saraga, Lucky's, Plaza Tapatia, Michoacana, Dayou, CAM, etc etc that have added locations in areas that either Kroger or Giant Eagle had pulled out of, or would never touch in the first place

On 9/25/2024 at 12:46 PM, TIm said:

I hope everyone living in Columbus appreciates how spoiled we are in this city when it comes to grocery stores. I have never been anywhere else with as much variety of quality grocery store options. Even my boss who now lives in Chicago still raves to me about how much better the grocery options are here in Columbus.

There is a grocery chain going in next to Micro Center in bethel also 

I personally go to Yasmin International Market and Sunrise Asian Super Market.

Could Linden become a dining destination? Leaders discuss neighborhood's future

 

Community leaders say Linden's future could be as a food destination, if issues like blight and safety are addressed.

 

The Leadership Linden Academy, a neighborhood-focused enrichment program, recently hosted its first Leadership Linden forum on redeveloping Cleveland Avenue.

 

The panel was moderated by executive director of the Community of Caring Foundation and CEO of Troy Enterprises, Adam Troy.

 

Panelists included Leah Evans, CEO of Homeport; Ken Gold, chief growth officer of Skilken Gold; Nick Jones, vice president of Community Wellness at Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and Boyce Safford, executive director of Columbus Next Generation Corp.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/10/01/leadership-linden-dining.html

 

They would need to create intersections of retail and more density outside of just Cleveland Avenue. Linden has potential given most of it is on a grid and can be more easily adapted to density and mixed-use, but zoning codes would obviously have to change in the second phase of Zone-In. Talking about a hypothetical dining destination when the basic necessities to make that happen- infrastructure, zonine, safety, etc.- aren't in place yet seems a little premature to me. 

On 9/26/2024 at 7:32 PM, NW24HX said:

 

We're very fortunate to have many operators like Toro, Saraga, Lucky's, Plaza Tapatia, Michoacana, Dayou, CAM, etc etc that have added locations in areas that either Kroger or Giant Eagle had pulled out of, or would never touch in the first place

Huge fan of Lucky's and Weilands over here. Both awesome small scale but high quality grocery stores with TONS of local Ohio sourced products.

Nationwide Children's Healthy Homes initiative, Franklin County Land Bank sell 28 homes in Linden

 

Linden has gained new affordable homeownership opportunities.

 

The latest homes from Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families and the Central Ohio Community Land Trust have sold in Linden.

 

Starting in 2022, Healthy Homes and the land trust partnered to build 28 new affordable homes in Linden. Most of the homes are in South Linden, said Gretchen West, executive director of Healthy Homes at Nationwide Children’s.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/11/04/healthy-homes-land-bank-linden.html

 

Healthy Homes unveils 173-unit development at former Zettler Hardware site in Linden

 

"Linden could gain more than 150 affordable housing units, thanks to a large project proposed by Nationwide Children's affordable housing arm.

 

Healthy Homes plans 173 housing units across several buildings at an Innis Road site. There are a variety of housing types planned in the development, from a four-story apartment building to three-story walk-up to townhomes to detached homes.

 

Columbus City Council on Monday will consider a variance for the site, which would kick off a longer rezoning process for the project. The developer plans to apply for Ohio Housing Finance Agency funding.

 

If the project gets all the necessary approvals, construction could start in 2026, with the first units coming online the following year."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/11/14/innis-road-apartments-linden.html

 

 

The Hudson St rebuild continues to move along 

 

 

 

 

 

And the old building at Hudson St and Cleveland Ave is now down

 

On 4/24/2024 at 4:29 PM, ColDayMan said:

Work to Start on New Barnett, Linden Library Branches

 

The Columbus Metropolitan Library’s ongoing effort to upgrade its aging building stock will continue for the next two years at least. The latest building to get the renovation and expansion treatment is the Barnett Branch, located at 3434 E. Livingston Ave. (it was known as the Livingston Branch until 2019).

 

The library will close to the public at 6 p.m. on May 4, and a temporary branch – located at 3227 E. Livingston Ave. – will open on May 13. The new Barnett branch will be almost double the size of the old one, which was built in 1992 and offered about 12,300 square feet of space. The expanded and renovated branch, which is expected to open in 2025, will be roughly 22,000 square feet in size.

 

As has been the case for many of the library system’s new buildings, the total number of books in the new Barnett branch will be similar to what was offered before – the extra space will be devoted to other uses, such as meeting rooms, reading and study areas, and new spaces devoted to children and teens.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/work-to-start-on-new-barnett-linden-library-branches/

 

 

Early work continues at CML's Linden Branch 

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

And the old building at Hudson St and Cleveland Ave is now down

 

 

 

Purely a traffic engineering decision - another loss along Cleveland. Even though the building was boarded up, it could've been rehabbed. The small corner radius slowed turning traffic down making it safer for pedestrians. Now a larger radius curb will be installed to speed up turning traffic. "No Turn of Red" signs can now be removed. It's all about capacity and speed of cars. The same site lines happen all over the older parts of the city - is this a precedent to mow down more corner buildings? 

Work Wraps Up on Hudson Street, New Path

 

Hudson Street in Linden is now open to two-way traffic again after more than two years of construction work that limited the street to eastbound traffic only.

 

City officials and neighborhood leaders gathered yesterday at the intersection of Hudson Street and Medina Avenue to celebrate the reopening.

 

The redesigned and reconstructed street now features a new sidewalk on the north side of the street and a shared-use path along the south side. A new waterline, curb ramps, street lights and traffic signals were also installed, and improvements were made to storm sewers.

 

Trees have been planted and grass seed started along the south side of the street, in between the new path and the roadway.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/work-wraps-up-on-hudson-street-new-path-bw1/

 

Good to see the Hudson St. multi-use path being used….

 

8 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Good to see the Hudson St. multi-use path being used….

 

 

If my vehicle fits, it must be made for my vehicle!! Car brain rots peoples minds. 
 

it should probably have some bollards after all driveways honestly 

Edited November 29, 2024Nov 29 by VintageLife

2 hours ago, Pablo said:

Good to see the Hudson St. multi-use path being used….

 

 

 

You can report that to Bike Lane Uprising. If it happens enough the city can be notified with the data showing them how many times it's happened which is more ammo than just a call to 311 that "it happened again". Especially when it's almost certainly a business doing it. https://www.bikelaneuprising.com/columbus

3 hours ago, Pablo said:

Good to see the Hudson St. multi-use path being used….

 

I mean it is Linden - not exactly somewhere one should really be out walking around

1 hour ago, columbus17 said:

I mean it is Linden - not exactly somewhere one should really be out walking around

Not true. Plenty on people walk in Linden. 

On 11/29/2024 at 3:30 PM, columbus17 said:

I mean it is Linden - not exactly somewhere one should really be out walking around

What? That's just an ignorant thing to say. Linden is full of nice people just living their life and is an area with a fair amount of foot traffic and a lot of people living there. Probably a part of the city we should be devoting even more resources to improving the walking and biking infrastructure in. If you're too scared to go there that's one thing, but don't blame the people of Linden for your cowardice.

Edited December 2, 2024Dec 2 by TIm

2 hours ago, TIm said:

What? That's just an ignorant thing to say. Linden is full of nice people just living their life and is an area with a fair amount of foot traffic and a lot of people living there. Probably a part of the city we should be devoting even more resources to improving the walking and biking infrastructure in. If you're too scared to go there that's one thing, but don't blame the people of Linden for your cowardice.

"Courage is the middle way between cowardice and recklessness" - Aristotle

 

Crime statistic maps are a good tool to help determine where that "middle way" is.

Edited December 2, 2024Dec 2 by TH3BUDDHA

On 11/29/2024 at 12:27 PM, VintageLife said:

If my vehicle fits, it must be made for my vehicle!! Car brain rots peoples minds. 
 

it should probably have some bollards after all driveways honestly 

At least a middle divider or pylon. 

1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

"Courage is the middle way between cowardice and recklessness" - Aristotle

 

Crime statistic maps are a good tool to help determine where that "middle way" is.

This is Columbus, even our "dangerous" areas are like a Disney theme park compared to actually dangerous cities in this country. There is nowhere in Central Ohio that even comes close to being on a level like a place such as East Cleveland for example.

Same developer that just proposed the 14 story downtown. 
 

Cleveland & Myrtle

 

Cleveland & Myrtle will be a mixed-use, mixed-income workforce housing apartment community located in the North Linden neighborhood in Columbus, OH. It will consist of two buildings and will be a mix of 101 walk-ups, studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments as well as 5,000 SF of retail. Construction is projected to commence in the 2nd quarter of 2025 and be completed in the 3rd quarter of 2027.
 

 

16 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Same developer that just proposed the 14 story downtown. 
 

Cleveland & Myrtle

 

Cleveland & Myrtle will be a mixed-use, mixed-income workforce housing apartment community located in the North Linden neighborhood in Columbus, OH. It will consist of two buildings and will be a mix of 101 walk-ups, studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments as well as 5,000 SF of retail. Construction is projected to commence in the 2nd quarter of 2025 and be completed in the 3rd quarter of 2027.
 

 

Lol Linden getting better quality facades than most of the city was not on my 2025 bingo card

16 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

Lol Linden getting better quality facades than most of the city was not on my 2025 bingo card

Most of the new builds along this stretch in linden have actually been nice so far. They just need to do something to slow traffic and this area could be a great little spot. 

^^^That's the location of the recently completed Mulby Place. What you're posting is probably a proposal that wasn't accepted. And I hope they don't wipe out the building that houses Ena's Caribbean Kitchen. There are plenty of vacant parcels along Cleveland Ave.

 

 

13 minutes ago, Pablo said:

^^^That's the location of the recently completed Mulby Place. What you're posting is probably a proposal that wasn't accepted. And I hope they don't wipe out the building that houses Ena's Caribbean Kitchen. There are plenty of vacant parcels along Cleveland Ave.

 

 

Good point!

1 hour ago, Pablo said:

^^^That's the location of the recently completed Mulby Place. What you're posting is probably a proposal that wasn't accepted. And I hope they don't wipe out the building that houses Ena's Caribbean Kitchen. There are plenty of vacant parcels along Cleveland Ave.

 

 

Couldn’t it be at the southwest corner? It’s just a parking lot 

 

 

Edited January 13Jan 13 by VintageLife

1 minute ago, VintageLife said:

Couldn’t it be at the southwest corner? It’s just a parking lot 

You are right. It is across the street.

10 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Couldn’t it be at the southwest corner? It’s just a parking lot 

 Hope so!

Looking at the rendering I am pretty sure it is for the empty lots on the west side of Cleveland. You can see a little one story brick building at the back of the rendering, and it matches the building in the google maps shot. 
 

 

Moved Linden Green Line discussion to a dedicated thread below:

 

Renderings: Modern Affordable Homes Planned for Linden

 

 

Construction is scheduled to start this summer on 14 new affordable single family homes in Linden. The project, from the Central Ohio Community Land Trust (COCLT), will bring a mix of one- and two-story homes to a single block of Kohr Place, located just east of Cleveland Avenue and south of Hudson Street.
 

The new homes, which will be located just down the street from the planned Linden Green Line, will be completed by the second quarter of 2026 and have a listing price of $199,000, according to a press release. Simmons Development Corp. and Woda Group will be developing the homes, while the architects chosen for the project are Moody Nolan and SBA Studios.

More of this please.

14 new single-family homes to be built on block in Linden

 

Plans are underway for new single-family homes to be built on 14 vacant parcels in Linden.

 

The one- and two-story homes will be scattered along Kohr Place between Cleveland Avenue and Billiter Boulevard.

 

The Central Ohio Community Land Trust received approval for the Kohr Place project from the South Linden Area Commission in March. The project's partners aim to spur community transformation with modern-design homes at accessible price points. Homes will be priced at $199,000.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/09/linden-development-kohr-place-housing.html

 

Developer Hoping to Finish City’s First 3D-Printed Building This Spring

 

 

The first 3D-printed home in Columbus still doesn’t look much like a home, but that could change soon. Work started on the 879-square-foot house in Linden last summer. The exterior walls of the building were printed in just 23 hours, but the next steps in the process – installing insulation between the cavities in the walls, building a roof, finishing the exterior, adding in doors and windows – have taken a bit longer than anticipated.
 

The man behind the project, local developer and general contractor Mayo Makinde, said that several sponsors who had originally agreed to support the project backed out after the frame was printed, and that it took longer than anticipated to get permits approved.

 

“That’s part of what happens when you’re the first,” he said during a tour of the site.

 

Makinde was recently able to install conduits into the walls and do some other work, but the timeline for completing the house is still up in the air. Some of the interior walls will be clad in stained wooden siding, but others will be left as is to help tell the story of how the house was built. He’s open to either renting out the home or selling it.

Linden looks to its future

 

Ena’s Caribbean Kitchen, a restaurant on Cleveland Avenue that’s been featured on the Food Network, anchors what Columbus leaders envision as a remade “downtown Linden.”

 

The family of chef-owner Ena Hayles are not passive observers to that future. They own the restaurant at Cleveland and Myrtle avenues and two vacant buildings to the north. Last year they bought a lot across the street, where city-backed Columbus Next Generation Corp. owns two entire blocks flanking the intersection.

 

“As long as we have ownership, we have a say in which way the neighborhood goes and how it looks,” said Marlon Hayles, the restaurant’s general manager and son of the founder.

 

“It would be awesome if we can be the focal point for a new Linden.”

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/10/one-linden-plan-development-downtown.html

 

The Hudson Street/Cleveland Ave intersection rebuild continues to move along.

This project will "reconstruct the signal to improve signal head visibility, add northbound and southbound left turn lanes, add a westbound right turn lane, and improve pedestrian safety along the south side of Hudson Street."

9 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said:

The Hudson Street/Cleveland Ave intersection rebuild continues to move along.

This project will "reconstruct the signal to improve signal head visibility, add northbound and southbound left turn lanes, add a westbound right turn lane, and improve pedestrian safety along the south side of Hudson Street."

Horrible car friendly redesign that further destroyed history of the area.